Communication / Collaboration
- e-mail
- decide on either a blog or wiki for the three of us to use to post links, discussion and ideas
Hands-On Learning
- conduct an online class in Elluminate
- create a collaborative Cmap activity showing distance learning "domain" w/ researchers
- create an extended or active learning module in Second Life
- opencroquet.org, quak.com
Readings
- required texts
- Clayton Christensen on innovation & disruptive technology (school disruption book coming soon)
- various distance learning models, case studies and other research
Theory
- Expand your knowledge of learning theory to ePedagogy, or
"A Learning Theory and Best Practices for Effective Distance Learning"
Academic Writing
- Distance Learning Will Likely Be a Disruptive Technology to Mainstream Education: Here's Why, What We May Do, and What a New Model of School May Look Like
--> Aim for publication of both or a combined article
--> Conference presentation: How Schools Can Embrace Distance Learning to Support True Transformative Change
- include Clayton Christensen's ideas
Project (may be for faculty, administrators, tech folks or students)
- Create an online course / course module using the technologies and pedagogies you learn about in the course
NEED:
Due dates and greater definition of projects/papers
Meeting dates, times, venues
Ed 630 - Distance Learning and ePedagogy
-- independent study model (May 10 draft)
Communication / Collaboration
- e-mail
- decide on either a blog or wiki for the three of us to use to post links, discussion and ideas
Hands-On Learning
- conduct an online class in Elluminate
- create a collaborative Cmap activity showing distance learning "domain" w/ researchers
- create an extended or active learning module in Second Life
- opencroquet.org, quak.com
Readings
- required texts
- Clayton Christensen on innovation & disruptive technology (school disruption book coming soon)
- various distance learning models, case studies and other research
Theory
- Expand your knowledge of learning theory to ePedagogy, or
"A Learning Theory and Best Practices for Effective Distance Learning"
Academic Writing
- Distance Learning Will Likely Be a Disruptive Technology to Mainstream Education: Here's Why, What We May Do, and What a New Model of School May Look Like
--> Aim for publication of both or a combined article
--> Conference presentation: How Schools Can Embrace Distance Learning to Support True Transformative Change
- include Clayton Christensen's ideas
Project (may be for faculty, administrators, tech folks or students)
- Create an online course / course module using the technologies and pedagogies you learn about in the course
NEED:
Due dates and greater definition of projects/papers
Meeting dates, times, venues